"The Tragic Fallacy"

The biggest point I picked up in this article (and contemplated) was the statement that all tragedy's are happy. This, to me, is not always true. While some tragedy's ARE happy (ex: the hero kills the monster that terroized the town), a lot of the time it's more of an eye opener to the character. Usually, the main character learns an important lesson about him/herself, which can be SEEN as a happy ending. Oedipus for example, found out the truth about who killed his father and blinded himself. There really is no "happy ending" but instead, Oedipus goes through with his original statement of the killer being banished.